psalm

Example Sentences

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It arrived as the music of dire necessity, the work song, the psalm, and was subsequently used to distract and entertain captors, or to scare them off with screams and moans they couldn’t decipher.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Just as May’s coronation ceremony gave nods to the multicultural nature of Britain today, Wednesday’s church service will include a psalm sung in Gaelic.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023

He takes Psalm 23, which is a really gentle psalm.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

At Ansche Chesed, a Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky has replaced the standard prayer for the State of Israel with a more spiritual psalm invoking peace in Jerusalem.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Of course, Henry meant the “He” of the twenty-third psalm and of the gospels and of all the pastor’s sermons.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez